Ardella
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,478since 1880
Ardella over time
Rank among girls' names. Ardella has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | — | |
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| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 |
| 1962 | #3,033 | 17 |
| 1961 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 |
| 1959 | #2,458 | 22 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 |
| 1957 | #1,989 | 30 |
| 1956 | #1,968 | 30 |
| 1955 | #2,024 | 28 |
| 1954 | #2,240 | 23 |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 |
| 1952 | #1,680 | 34 |
| 1951 | #1,555 | 37 |
| 1950 | #1,474 | 39 |
| 1949 | #1,882 | 26 |
| 1948 | #1,708 | 30 |
| 1947 | #1,633 | 34 |
| 1946 | #1,318 | 43 |
| 1945 | #1,660 | 25 |
| 1944 | #1,272 | 39 |
| 1943 | #1,154 | 49 |
| 1942 | #1,264 | 40 |
| 1941 | #1,117 | 44 |
| 1940 | #953 | 57 |
| 1939 | #903 | 60 |
| 1938 | #830 | 72 |
| 1937 | #768 | 79 |
| 1936 | #818 | 67 |
| 1935 | #813 | 70 |
| 1934 | #794 | 71 |
| 1933 | #761 | 75 |
| 1932 | #795 | 73 |
| 1931 | #830 | 68 |
| 1930 | #856 | 70 |
| 1929 | #828 | 73 |
| 1928 | #786 | 83 |
| 1927 | #728 | 97 |
| 1926 | #763 | 90 |
| 1925 | #764 | 94 |
| 1924 | #705 | 111 |
| 1923 | #760 | 91 |
| 1922 | #730 | 99 |
| 1921 | #761 | 92 |
| 1920 | #821 | 77 |
| 1919 | #925 | 58 |
| 1918 | #851 | 71 |
| 1917 | #812 | 72 |
| 1916 | #840 | 65 |
| 1915 | #802 | 67 |
| 1914 | #827 | 50 |
| 1913 | #758 | 48 |
| 1912 | #903 | 31 |
| 1911 | #777 | 31 |
| 1910 | #914 | 22 |
| 1909 | #761 | 28 |
| 1908 | #849 | 21 |
| 1907 | #775 | 23 |
| 1906 | #765 | 23 |
| 1905 | #683 | 27 |
| 1904 | #710 | 24 |
| 1903 | #931 | 14 |
| 1902 | #667 | 25 |
| 1901 | #684 | 22 |
| 1900 | #833 | 20 |
| 1899 | #878 | 14 |
| 1898 | #963 | 13 |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 |
| 1891 | #750 | 13 |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #731 | 10 |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 |
| 1883 | #651 | 9 |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ardella was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ardella is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#173 · 1 in 727
- Minnesota#308 · 1 in 2,863
- Arkansas#479 · 1 in 4,157
- Pennsylvania#497 · 1 in 10,830
Best ever in a state: #116 in North Dakota, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Utah | #173 | 7 | 1 in 727 |
| Minnesota | #308 | 8 | 1 in 2,863 |
| Arkansas | #479 | 5 | 1 in 4,157 |
| Pennsylvania | #497 | 9 | 1 in 10,830 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ardella
- 173 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #10,917)
- Biggest jump: 460 spots in 1891 (#1,210 → #750)
- Biggest drop: 335 spots in 1892 (#750 → #1,085)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #651 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1896–1940
- Highest: 1 in 10,563 girls born in 1902 were named Ardella (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #651 in 1883, was only 1 in 12,480 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.1% of all girls named Ardella (907) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 64 | #651 (1883) | #841 |
| 1890s | 113 | #750 (1891) | #982 |
| 1900s | 227 | #667 (1902) | #766 |
| 1910s | 515 | #758 (1913) | #841 |
| 1920s | 907 | #705 (1924) | #765 |
| 1930s | 705 | #761 (1933) | #817 |
| 1940s | 387 | #953 (1940) | #1,396 |
| 1950s | 295 | #1,474 (1950) | #1,968 |
| 1960s | 144 | #2,543 (1961) | #3,634 |
| 1970s | 52 | #4,534 (1971) | #7,302 |
| 1980s | 37 | #5,885 (1981) | #8,772 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 7 | #13,069 (2014) | #13,069 |
| 2020s | 25 | #10,383 (2022) | #10,797 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ardella in 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 15,562 of them was named Ardella, which outranked 85.8% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).